Ambivalence of primary health care professionals towards the South African guidelines for hypertension and diabetes

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1206-1211

  Daniels, A ^a   Biesma, R ^a   Otten, J ^a   Levitt, N S ^a   Steyn, K ^a   Martell, R ^a   Dick, J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NURSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034494330     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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